Wednesday, December 5, 2012

To clarify: I was not at the presidential palace while this happened, I followed this online, gathered images and links primarily from friends and people i know there and now am on my way to join the re-grouping at Roxy square near the presidential palace. Join us.
Egyptian Vice President makes an announcement on air that gives Brotherhood members the green light to violently disperse peaceful sit-in at the presidential palace.
One approaching Brotherhood march:

Some people trying to calm the situation as verbal attack begins:

After an initial small attack from the side of the Brotherhood, the situation calms:

Shortly thereafter the situation
This is a man on the side of the protests hit by a rock by Muslim Brotherhood ranks:

In this video the Brotherhood attackers are doing exactly what we have become accustomed to soldiers doing when they attack Tahrir square sit-ins: destroying everything in site and then removing it from the scene, as if nothing had ever happened:
The Brotherhood celebrate after destroying the anti-Morsy sit-in, lighting tents on fire, beating up protesters, stealing and breaking cameras:

Muslim Brotherhood march steal the sit-ins stock of food:

This sign on a Brotherhood truck reads:
"Our strength is in our unity, Yes to the constitution of stability."

Is this the stability they are talking about? Forcefully attacking a peaceful sit-in with stones and sticks, burning tents and targetting especially journalists and cameras?
The new occupiers outside the presidential palace walls then started wiping away the graffiti of the opposition:

The Brotherhood have one clear message: there is only room for the Brotherhood and not for anyone else and their opinions.
While all this is taking place the Egyptian Vice President on Television speaks of engaging in "dialogue" regarding aspects of the constitution that opposition forces are in disagreement about.
In such an environment of dictatorship "dialogue" is not a possibility. A peaceful march and sit-in entail "dialogue", its attack and destruction do not. We marched yesterday on the presidential palace because a new dictatorship is in the making, Morsy and the party he represents are repeating the very logic of governance that have ruled this country under the presidency of Sadat and Mubarak. We marched to put an end to that. We demand that this country be for all its residence, not just those in power no matter whether they are religious or military generals or whoever they may be.
Join us.